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From talking to friends & colleagues etc it would appear that there is a lot of potential demand for SOU but at the moment many of them travel to LHR or LGW becuase for the lack of routes and frequency on offer at SOU. The airport is crying out for better interline options, perhaps FRA with LH or CPH with SK for starters. Sooner BAA can get someone in to compete with Flybe the better, as their frequency on some routes makes flying out of SOU on business very difficult! 
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Whilst grateful for the German routes the timeings are lousy. I'd love a couple of MUC and FRA rotations a day on LH, the connecting possiblities would be fantastic and would also make a day trip possible.
Is SOU one of the only airports not to have a loco route to BCN?
Is SOU one of the only airports not to have a loco route to BCN?
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The majority of the pax on the JER/ GVA /ZRH were actually just going as far as jer so i think the fact that it stopped in jer may have put people off. Also the timings weren't great and they often had problems as they'd put too many flts into one day. If the a/c left SOU ever so slightly late due de-icing or tech they had huge probs fitting in the extra legs to make it back in to JER before closing at night.
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no - i mean groups of people who enjoy talking aviation and listen to others talk aviation. There is lot of aviation history in the area that people are interested in.
no - i mean groups of people who enjoy talking aviation and listen to others talk aviation. There is lot of aviation history in the area that people are interested in.
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Passengers do use SOU to get to their cruises although I am not sure they advertise it as such - imagine all the extra baggage!! Not many people would be willing to pay excess baggage on any of the airlines so I don't think it would be a successful way to get people through the airport.
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Eastern currently have an aircraft based in France. They have a maintenance agreement with Fly-be at SOU which is used to service the France based aircraft. The aircraft on Stand 1 is rotated to/from France as/when required.
Eastern currently have an aircraft based in France. They have a maintenance agreement with Fly-be at SOU which is used to service the France based aircraft. The aircraft on Stand 1 is rotated to/from France as/when required.
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Eastern are not basing a SAAB, it will be a J41
The first arrival in the morning is a SAAB which originates in ABZ stopping in Liverpool on the way down.
The based Jetstream is going north first thing to Newcastle
It then operates twice to Liverpool in the afternoon
Eastern are not basing a SAAB, it will be a J41
The first arrival in the morning is a SAAB which originates in ABZ stopping in Liverpool on the way down.
The based Jetstream is going north first thing to Newcastle
It then operates twice to Liverpool in the afternoon
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Eastern Aiways
As stated above the SAAB (EZE4071) originates in Aberdeen (06.40) calls at Liverpool (arr 07.50, dep 08.10)before continuing to Southampton (arr 09.00) and then, as EZE4072, departs at 09.30 returns via LPL (arr 10.20, dep 10.40) to Aberdeen (arr 11.50)
The J41 rotations later in the day:
The first (EZE4075) is by an Aberdeen aircraft leaving Aberdeen at 14.30, arr LPL 15.50, dep LPL 16.20, arr Southampton 17.20 hrs.
This then becomes EZE4078 ex Southampton at 17.50, arr LPL 18.50, dep LPL 19.20 arr Aberdeen 20.40.
The second (EZE4076) by a Southampton originating flight
Dep Southampton 15.00, arr LPL 16.00, dep LPL 16.30, arr Aberdeen 17.50.
It then departs (as EZE4077) Aberdeen 18.20, arr LPL 19.40, dep LPL 20.10 arriving back at Southampton at 21.10
See: Eastern Airways-UK & European flights and car rental from easternairways.com
The J41 rotations later in the day:
The first (EZE4075) is by an Aberdeen aircraft leaving Aberdeen at 14.30, arr LPL 15.50, dep LPL 16.20, arr Southampton 17.20 hrs.
This then becomes EZE4078 ex Southampton at 17.50, arr LPL 18.50, dep LPL 19.20 arr Aberdeen 20.40.
The second (EZE4076) by a Southampton originating flight
Dep Southampton 15.00, arr LPL 16.00, dep LPL 16.30, arr Aberdeen 17.50.
It then departs (as EZE4077) Aberdeen 18.20, arr LPL 19.40, dep LPL 20.10 arriving back at Southampton at 21.10
See: Eastern Airways-UK & European flights and car rental from easternairways.com
Last edited by SFP; 20th May 2009 at 16:17.
So Eastern are basing a J41 at SOU only a year after shutting the base with the last one. All FD and all CC bar one taking redundancey!!
I suppose a job is a job at the moment, but if i was the crew i wouldn`t rest too comfortably, need only say INV, MAN, CEG and SOU all shut in the past year!!!!
I know for a fact last year the commercial guys at Eastern ruled out SOU/LPL as quote " the Flybe SOU/MAN route is too much competition"
See how long this lasts!!
I suppose a job is a job at the moment, but if i was the crew i wouldn`t rest too comfortably, need only say INV, MAN, CEG and SOU all shut in the past year!!!!
I know for a fact last year the commercial guys at Eastern ruled out SOU/LPL as quote " the Flybe SOU/MAN route is too much competition"
See how long this lasts!!